Maine Maritime Academy

Castine, Maine 04420

207-326-2479

Maine Maritime Academy Hearing Conservation Plan

The academy has identified several areas with noise levels above 85 db requiring that a Hearing Conservation Plan be implemented. The areas include the Training Vessel State of Maine, Friendship, Pentagoet, and the Diesel lab. (see attached) The nature of work requiring the employee/student to be present in this environment for extended periods mandates the wearing of hearing protection, and an active hearing conservation plan. Even though the time weight average in some of the areas does not require hearing protection the academy has posted the areas for hearing protection. To this end the Academy is instituting a hearing conservation plan that’s meets or surpasses the Department of Labor standards on hearing conservation.

1. Engineering practices will be use to lower noise levels were possible.

2. All academy employees affected by this plan will be audiometric tested upon hiring.

3. All academy employees affected by this plan will be audiometric re-tested annually.

4. All academy employees/students affected by this plan will be given hearing protection to be used at all times in the affected areas.

5. All employees affected by this plan will receive annual training on this plan.

6. All areas affected will be posted with signs stating Hearing Protection Required.

7. Hearing protection must be easily assessable for all employees and students.

8. Supervisors must inform the Academy on any changes to their supervised areas where noise may become a problem. The Academy will act swiftly on the supervisors concerns.

Supervisors are responsible for the proper implementation of all facets of the hearing conservation plan. (Scheduling, training, testing, use/maintenance of the safety equipment.)

Training Those employees/students affected by this program are responsible for attending the appropriate training, participating in audiometric evaluations, the use of proper hearing protection equipment as provided, and maintaining said equipment in proper condition.

Hearing Devices When selecting hearing protection use the following formula:

Hearing device protection number minus 7 divide by 2 = actual protection.

Subtract actual protection number from the decimal level.

Any area that the noise levels are at or above the action level will fall under this plan

Digital sound levels; Training Vessel State of Maine

		1400	1800	1200-1600	1600-2000	2000-2400	2400-0400	0400-0800	0800-1200	AVE
Start Air	100	103	105	103	103	100	100	99	102	101.67
Reefer Comp	102	98	98	102	102	101	102	101	101	100.78
SSDG 1				109	102	106	100	102	101	103.33
EGB Circ Pump	104	102	104	103	103	94	102	101	94	100.78
Air Dryer	102	101	103	103	104	104	102	103	105	103
SSDG 3	103	109	111	109	110	109	110	108	108	108.56
SSDG 2				111	112	111	112	111	111	111.33
CFW Cooler	97	94	97	105	102	101	104	100	102	100.22
ME Turbo
AC Comp	101	103	105	105	104	102	101	98	102	102.33
MSW Pumps	93	98	99	103	107	105	104	105	105	102.11
SSDG LO Pur	93	95	98	100	103	103	102	102	102	99.78
ME by nozzle cooling TK
ASW Pumps	93	95	100	101	103	102	101	102	102	99.89
HFO Pur	94	93	98	99	100	109	98	99	98	98.67
AMR	80	81	87	84	88	88	85	85	85	84.78
Shaft Alley	78	78	82	89	88	85	85	84	84	83.67
Watchstander init.	GP	GP		TG	CF	HLK	JGM	SDF	HLK

Digital sound levels at Idle: Friendship

Bridge	73
After Deck	60
Bow	64
Fore Peek	70
Engine room	93

Digital Sound Levels at Idle: Pentagoet

After Deck	80db
Fore Deck	73
Galley	68
Crews Quarters	64
Bridge	66
Engine Room	126+
Crews Head	65
Bridge Deck Idle	80
Galley Head	71

Rogers Hall diesel lab ;( no sound levels at this time) hearing protection will be worn by both students and Faculty when diesel is running.